HUGSR trains for all minis try areas School sponsors apprenticeships ·· · · •by Jeff mckeand The Harding University • try," he said. "Someone who Graduate School of Religion : has the gifts for urban minisin Memphis provided unique • try should have the opportuopportunities to graduate stu- • nity to train specifically for dents trying to gain a greater that type of service. We have understanding of what it • nobusinesstrainingstudents means to be in ministry. • for pulpit ministry only, if "The graduate school has • God has given them gifts for provided me with so many something different and has new angles on being a minis- • plans to use them in a differter," graduate student Daniel ent capacity." Cherry said. "And theoppor- . David Black, a 2001 tunitiesforpersonalspiritual • HUGSR graduate, said his growth are almost limitless." experience as an urban minHUGSR was the sponsor • istry apprentice taught him of many internships or ap- • things he wouldn't have prenticeships in ministries in known otherwise. the Memphis area, such as • "It's incredible the expeinner-city or urban ministry, • riences that you have with pulpit ministry, and, starting • the people you minister to," in fall 2002, a campus minis- • he said. "When you are able try apprenticeship. • to show people you care, According to Dr. Evertt • teach them the gospel and Huffard,deanofHUGSR, the • then help them plant a church need for well-trained minis- • in their area, it is a very upters was greater than the need • lifting experience." to simply pump them out the door. "We want to give students with specific gifts the opportunity to hone their skills in a program that will train them for a specific area of minis- : Don Merideth, librarian for the • Harding Graduate School of • Religion, looks at a Greek manu- • script. The library was essential • for graduate students, who spent : much of their time exploring its vast collection. Photo by Jett Montgomery Tamara Reed and Patricia Roseman chat together in the counseling center on the Memphis campus. Similarly to the Searcy campus, the graduate school was a place where people built lasting relationships. 2'.' Q) E 0 Ol Bob Logsdon talks with a little girl in inner-city Memphis. Logsdon § did an urban ministry apprenticeship while taking classes at the ~ Harding University Graduate School of Religion in Memphis. ~ .0 174 academics
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